Geena Davis claims that she was treated differently by directors following her Oscar win

Speaking to entertainment journalist Allison Kugel on her 'Allison Interviews' podcast, Geena recalled: "I didn't ever think, 'This is my magic ticket to doing everything I want to do', or, like, now I was at the top of the A-list, or anything like that.

"I didn't think of it that way, but I did unexpectedly feel a tremendous feeling of having accomplished something. I thought, 'Well, I got that out of the way. I never have to wonder if I'm going to get one of these things.'"

She continued: "I had two directors, after I won the Oscar, who I had a rocky start with, because they assumed that I was going to think I was 'all that', and they wanted to make sure that I didn't feel like I was 'all that'."

Geena believes that some of the perceptions towards were down to her gender.

The 'Thelma & Louise' actress said: "Without having met me or having spent any time with me or anything, they just assumed I was going to be like, 'Well, now no one is going to tell me what to do!'

"I think maybe because I was a woman, the directors felt that way. And maybe it was even unconscious bias that they would do it to a woman and not a man. But they didn't want a woman to potentially cause them any problems.

"They wanted to make sure I knew my place, and maybe... it probably wouldn't happen to a man."